Discovery Box| (0.45) | Neh 11:25 |
| As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, 1 in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements, |
| (0.45) | Neh 12:22 |
| As for the Levites, 1 in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. |
| (0.45) | Neh 12:43 |
| And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away. |
| (0.45) | Neh 13:6 |
| During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 1 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 2 I had requested leave of the king, |
| (0.45) | Neh 13:7 |
| and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God. |
| (0.45) | Neh 13:10 |
| I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. |
| (0.45) | Est 1:3 |
| in the third 1 year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army 2 of Persia and Media 3 was present, 4 as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces. |
| (0.45) | Est 1:4 |
| He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time 1 – a hundred and eighty days, to be exact! 2 |
| (0.45) | Est 1:11 |
| to bring Queen Vashti into the king’s presence wearing her royal high turban. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for she was very attractive. 1 |
| (0.45) | Est 1:13 |
| The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times – for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities. 1 |
| (0.45) | Est 1:17 |
| For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, ‘When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.’ |
| (0.45) | Est 3:9 |
| If the king is so inclined, 1 let an edict be issued 2 to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver 3 to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.” |
| (0.45) | Est 3:14 |
| A copy of this edict was to be presented as law throughout every province; it was to be made known to all the inhabitants, 1 so that they would be prepared for this day. |
| (0.45) | Est 4:7 |
| Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed. |
| (0.45) | Est 5:6 |
| While at the banquet of wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your request? It shall be given to you. What is your petition? Ask for as much as half the kingdom, 1 and it shall be done!” |
| (0.45) | Est 6:1 |
| Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, 1 so he asked for the book containing the historical records 2 to be brought. As the records 3 were being read in the king’s presence, |
| (0.45) | Est 6:3 |
| The king asked, “What great honor 1 was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.” |
| (0.45) | Est 6:4 |
| Then the king said, “Who is that in the courtyard?” Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him. |
| (0.45) | Est 6:6 |
| So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself, 1 “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?” |
| (0.45) | Est 8:1 |
| On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate 1 of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her. |
